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Fall 2008 Syllabus:
Jour 436 - Public Relations Writing

Office Phone:
765-5475

Hours:
Tues. - Thurs.
5:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Room 3004 or by appointment

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Mike Quinn
Adjunct Faculty

Mike Quinn has been a member of the College’s adjunct faculty since 1992 and has taught several public relations and writing courses. He also has conducted workshops for the College’s continuing education opportunities program. Currently, he teaches public relations writing.

Quinn has more than 30 years experience in military and government public relations. He currently is a communications manager for the Internal Revenue Service and oversees IRS public affairs offices in 12 cities nationwide. He retired from the U.S. Army Reserve in 2002 after serving for more than three decades in various assignments in military public affairs in North and South Carolina and four years of active duty in the U.S. Navy.

Quinn also is a partner in the media consulting firm of Norris & Quinn, a company that provides media consulting, video production and journalism training services from locations in Cincinnati, Ohio and Columbia, S.C. Since 1987 Norris & Quinn has trained numerous governmental, military and private industry spokespersons, published numerous freelance articles and produced video programming.

He holds a masters degree in mass communications from the University of South Carolina and earned a bachelor of arts degree in advertising and public relations, also from the University of South Carolina. He also has been trained at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in advanced communication management.

Mike is a member of the Federal Executive Council in Columbia and the IRS Communications Professional Development Board in Washington, D.C. He also has been involved in various civic, education and church organizations throughout his career. He is married and has two grown children.

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